Alfredo Nascimento
Federal Deputy for Amazonas
Assumed office
February 1, 2015
Ministry of Transport of Brazil
In office
March 15, 2004 – July 6, 2011
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Dilma Rousseff
Preceded byAnderson Adauto Pereira
Succeeded byPaulo Sérgio Passos
Mayor of Manaus
In office
January 1, 1997 – March 11, 2004
Preceded byEduardo Braga
Succeeded byLuis Alberto Carijó
Personal details
Born (1952-05-05) May 5, 1952
Martins, Rio Grande do Norte
Political partyPL (2006-present)
Other political
affiliations		PL (2000-2006)
PP (1995-2006)
PPR (1993-1995)
PDC (1990-1993)
PFL (1986-1990)
PDT (1986-1990)
MDB (1980-1985)
SpouseFrancisca Leonia de Morais Pereira
ProfessionPolitician and entrepreneur

Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento (born May 5, 1952 in Martins) is Brazil's businessman, linguist, mathematician and politician affiliated with the Liberal Party, former minister of Transport.[1][2] He is a member of the Republic Party,[3] and was the party's president until he resigned in 2016 in support of the Impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff.[4] He was Minister of Transportation on three occasions during the Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments. He has occasionally been at odds with environmental minister Carlos Minc over projects in Amazonas and Rondônia.[5] Nascimento was mayor of Manaus in the year 1988 and between 1997 until 2004, when he resigned to take over the Ministry of Transport of Brazil

In 2018, he was again a candidate for the Federal Senate, but came in fourth place, being defeated by Plínio Valério (PSDB), Eduardo Braga (MDB), and Luiz Castro (REDE).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bloomberg
  2. ↑ Brazilian embassy
  3. ↑ IHS global insight
  4. ↑ "Deputado Alfredo Nascimento renuncia à presidência do PR e vota pelo impeachment". 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ BBC
  6. ↑ "Senadores e deputados federais/estaduais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 AM". UOL Eleições 2018. Retrieved 2023-06-07.


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